Art: In Company With Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows

American stained glass windows, long shrugged off as a Victorian enthusiasm, are attracting increasing interest, say museum curators, and Cincinnati is on the leading edge of this trend.

The Taft Museum of Art recently opened In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows. And at the Cincinnati Art Museum conservation is under way on four stained glass windows to go on view next May.

"He was a fabulous colorist," Dehan says, adding that his approval was essential to each step of the process. Ambrosini notes that, "In the beginning, Tiffany did all the hands-on work but quickly added studio assistants as commissions came in … always (using) a draftsman for figures, since he was a landscape artist by training. He was tough on assistants and re-drew designs, made them take out unsatisfactory glass."

In Company With Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows continues at the Taft Museum of Art through Sept. 11. Go here to read Jane Durrell's full review.